Most people are so constituted that they can only be virtuous in a certain routine; an irregular course of life demoralizes them. Nathaniel Hawthorne (1804 – 1864)
Nathaniel Hawthorne Quote – “No man can, for any considerable time…”
No man can, for any considerable time, wear one face to himself, and another to the multitude, without finally getting bewildered as to which is the true one. Nathaniel Hawthorne (1804 – 1864)
Nathaniel Hawthorne Quote – “We are but shadows…”
We are but shadows: we are not endowed with real life, and all that seems most real about us is but the thinnest substance of a dream — till the heart be touched. That touch creates us — then we begin to be — thereby we are beings of reality and inheritors of eternity. Nathaniel Hawthorne (1804 – 1864)
Nathaniel Hawthorne Quote – “Keep the imagination sane…”
Keep the imagination sane — that is one of the truest conditions of communion with heaven. Nathaniel Hawthorne (1804 – 1864)
Nathaniel Hawthorne Quote – “All gloom is but a dream…”
All gloom is but a dream and a shadow… cheerfulness is the real truth. Nathaniel Hawthorne (1804 – 1864)
Johann Wolfgang von Goethe Quote – “Man is never deceived…”
Man is never deceived; he deceives himself. Johann Wolfgang von Goethe (1749 – 1832)
Nathaniel Hawthorne Quote – “Happiness in this world…”
Happiness in this world, when it comes, comes incidentally. Make it the object of pursuit, and it leads us on a wild-goose chase, and is never attained. Nathaniel Hawthorne (1804 – 1864)
Johann Wolfgang von Goethe Quote – “If you would do something…”
If you would do something, you must be something. Johann Wolfgang von Goethe (1749 – 1832)
Johann Wolfgang von Goethe Quote – “None are more hopelessly enslaved…”
None are more hopelessly enslaved than those who falsely believe they are free. Johann Wolfgang von Goethe (1749 – 1832)
Jeanne Guyon Quote – “Our activity should consist in…”
Our activity should consist in placing ourselves in a state of susceptibility to Divine impressions, and pliability to all the operations of the Eternal Word. Jeanne Guyon (1648 – 1717)
